Taiwan implemented a comprehensive plan created in the aftermath of the SARS epidemic in 2003, fortifying the roof, as the British are fond of saying, when it was sunny. At the first notification that a new virus strain had appeared in China, Taiwan reacted with efficiency and alacrity.
What if COVID-19 isn't significantly deadlier than regular flu? What if COVID-19 has already spread everywhere possible? Are we engaged in the most expensive public health intervention in history without any possible payback?
Whatever you think about President Trump and his response to this global pandemic that sparked from a Chinese "wet market" selling wildlife, you cannot exactly be heartened to behold the response offered by Democrats.
With entire states on lockdown, thousands of deaths worldwide, and no clear end to this global pandemic in sight, it's certainly easier to lose hope than it is to search for reasons to stay optimistic. But true to Mister Rogers' word, even now, there are people who are helping.
When the deadly coronavirus swept across Asia and Europe and then struck the United States with a vengeance, it was very clear to sickened Americans that this was for real.
A reader wrote me and stated that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Communist Chinese plot to destroy Western economies. He had no proof, but he is not alone in thinking that China or someone else intentionally spread the COVID-19.
The pandemic is truly a defining moment that could help reshape the international order. If it upends the world order as we know it, history will record China's role as the principal trigger.
Our nation has been tested many times in our history. With God's help, however, we will emerge from this current crisis Bent Not Broken!
We are still early in our fight against COVID-19 and so far, some of the biggest positives have been partnerships with great companies, regulatory reform efforts aiding the resolve of small businesses, and our nation uniting in the fight for our lives.
The harms from continuing widespread isolation and this economic lockdown, including actual loss of life, could be enormous, far greater and longer lasting than from coronavirus infection itself.
Once upon a time, the idea of America taking care of America was a given. Even for Democrats. Then came Donald Trump, and suddenly, America First became radical. Why? Because Democrats decided they wanted to score political points more than they wanted to serve the American citizens, that's why.
After wreaking havoc across Europe, the Middle East and the U.S., China's coronavirus landed in Latin America at end of February. Almost immediately, leaders in the region clamped down, closing borders, shutting down flights and instituting costly yet responsible social distancing procedures to prevent a dangerous outbreak.
According to a 2019 YouGov poll, 70 percent of young Americans claim they would vote for a socialist. The troubling statistics have left conservatives wondering what to do to win over America's youth.
You want to bring the family to visit grandma? You want to go to work? You want to celebrate Mass? These are all now prohibited in one-third of the United States.
Apps like Doctor On Demand, MDLIVE, LiveHealth and many others can let patients connect with medical professionals all over the country in real time to get diagnoses and prescriptions.
He was the 44th vice president of the United States in the George H.W. Bush administration, but for the last 20 years, Dan Quayle has stayed mostly away from the unfriendly glare of political life. I called him to get his thoughts on the coronavirus and the current political scene.
For decades, the pro-abortion wing of the Democratic Party has tried to show pro-life Democrats the door. In Tuesday's primary they finally succeeded in driving out one of the last pro-life Democrats in Congress, Dan Lipinski, who has served the 3rd Congressional District of Illinois for 15 years.
Stephanie Wrobel begins "Darling Rose Gold" with crucial information from Patty Watts, one of the two protagonists. "My daughter didn't have to testify against me. She chose to. It's Rose Gold's fault I went to prison."
When's the last time you checked in on your friends, extended family, and neighbors just to see how they're doing?
President Trump will have to possess the confidence to see how the world's greatest economy, greatest medical talent, greatest military and greatest energy and food production can all be marshaled in a symphonic fashion.
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